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Zabar’s coffee

Zabar’s coffee I was recently gifted a bag of Zabar’s wonderful coffee by a fellow coffee lover. She swears by the blend saying it was a nice smooth cup, with great taste. Zabar’s is a kosher food...

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Espresso Brava Sea Salt – Fusion ®

Espresso Brava Sea Salt – Fusion ®   Espresso Brava Sea Salt – Fusion ®. Yup this is salt infused with espresso. Sea Salt. Have I tried it? Nope… Do I want to?  Yup! it makes a good case for itself....

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Booskerdoo Coffee: Black and tan

Booskerdoo Coffee: Black and tan Booskerdoo Coffee claims to be The earth’s best coffees roasted to order. And they recently gifted me with a sample of the Black and Tan Organic Fair trade Coffee....

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Spice cookies!

Spice cookies! Seriously coffee’s best friend on a crisp fall afternoon. Ginger snaps, spice cookies or the crowd pleaser… Chocolate chip cookies… My fall addiction. Not very waist friendly but oh so...

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OOh YEaahh! Coffee!

OOh YEaahh! Coffee! A little Kool Aid homage never hurt anyone, and the image of the red glass decanter bursting through the wall into a suprised rooms is very well known. While this shirt is awesome,...

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1$ Coffee Wednesday!

1$ Coffee Wednesday! Just a General heads up to my other caffeinated Fiends on the go.     “To encourage coffee-lovers to try its latest, darkest roast coffee,  7-Eleven, Inc.  is holding  Dollar...

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Coffee Kong Instant Coffee

Coffee Kong Instant Coffee I’m not usually one for instant coffee. In fact i pretty much hate the stuff. But damn if it isn’t portable and pretty  indestructible. Now how cool is this idea? Coffee Kong...

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Coffee People, Tolkien People

Coffee People, Tolkien People  C.C. Chapman    is a capital fellow, I’ve had the pleasure of working with him on a project and have heard him speak live a handful of times. I have yet to listen to him...

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Coffee spa in Japan

Coffee spa in Japan You know some of these days are hard on my ageing bones. I think a nice spa day would feel fantastic… But how about a  Coffee spa day? In Japan.  Yes that is real brewed coffee...

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Productivity for days!

Productivity for days!   Welcome to Friday, its the end of yet another fun filled week at whatever you happen to find yourself doing. I don’t know about you but i gradually increase my coffee...

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FrankenCoffee: An Evil Brew!

FrankenCoffee: An Evil Brew! I took a long time debating internally  whether  this should be released. technically.  Frankenstein  was not the Monster, only the mad scientist who created him. The poor...

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Spicy Chicken Drowning in Coffee

Spicy Chicken Drowning in Coffee Yes you read the title correctly. Drowning IN coffee. I’ve also called this recipe Spicy Caffeinated Chicken, and lunch. This is how I roll. I’ve been working on the...

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CaffiNation Reviews: Regular Coffee

CaffiNation Reviews: Regular Coffee So what does modern coffee have the annoys normal people? I’m talking about the average person who buys their coffee from the supermarket, and doesn’t have 30...

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C’UP Air Espresso/Coffee

C’UP Air Espresso/Coffee Not sure what the target market is for this dram. But if I was a barista I would end up using this cup more like a Jigger  to measure out espresso shots for larger drinks. The...

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The CaffiNation Reviews: DeLonghi EC 860

The CaffiNation Reviews: DeLonghi EC 860 This is a review of the  De’Longhi EC 860  a semi automatic espresso machine with built-in cappuccino and latte functionality. The machine is  programmable  in...

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V12 Espresso Machine

V12 Espresso Machine Espresso Veloce has crafted a series of espresso machines the resemble Grand Prix style motors. These functional pieces of  automotive  art are direct representations of Grand Prix...

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Show you mug

Show you mug I love coffee mugs. First of all when it comes time to get the job done they do it up right. Simple form and function. But to me each one of my myriad of coffee mugs tells a story. Some...

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The Portland Press

The Portland Press How can you make a French Press better? well you can make the carafe sturdier. You can make the materials locally. But in my opinion the french press is one of the most tasty ways to...

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No Coffee… Bad Juju

No Coffee… Bad Juju This just in…  Caffeine Withdrawal Is Now a Mental Disorder. So if i haven’t had my coffee in the morning I am now to be completely excused for anything I say, do, or yell right?...

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What’s Inside A Cup of Coffee

What’s Inside A Cup of Coffee Unlike most other What’s Inside videos this isn’t about additives shoved into beverages and consumer products, but rather the chemical compounds that are naturally found...

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Coffee People: Don’t Go Breakin’ My Parts

Coffee People: Don’t Go Breakin’ My Parts A Love Note From Your Superautomatic Espresso Machine Your superautomatic was made with love in a factory by magic elves. Sometimes the magic wears off and...

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PATH Coffee Roaster: Finca Potosi Colombia

PATH Coffee Roaster: Finca Potosi Colombia Today on the tasting block we have the Finca Potosi Colombian coffee from PATH Coffee Roasters in Port Chester, NY. PATH is a 4th generation roaster focusing...

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Turning Used Coffee Grounds into Booze

Turning Used Coffee Grounds into Booze So a bunch of scientists got together and decided to try their hand at fermenting things they found lying around.  And what is left lying around a lab more often...

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Coffee Barometer

Coffee Barometer Forecasting the day's weather in a cup of coffee? Sounds like hooey, but works because of SCIENCE! brewed and Steeped at The CaffiNation - For the Well Caffeinated Geek

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Coffee Origins

Coffee Origins You would think a few tidbits about coffee would be common knowledge. It is the second most popular beverage in the world after water, and it is also the second most traded item after...

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Vacation coffee

Vacation coffee Nothing is more relaxing than sitting in a balcony on vacation sipping a steaming cup of fresh coffee. But you have to be prepared. This is what you will find in your room…. If you are...

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Coffee doodle: para coffee

Coffee doodle: para coffee We have all been there, either on vacation or in some remote office where your good coffee has run out. And you sit there staring down the barrel of a cup of almost coffee....

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CaffiNation 537: Awareness

This episode is all about awareness. Specifically, mental health awareness, and we have a long way to go to overcome a lot of the issues people have discussing it. Fear not, however, the whole episode...

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CaffiNation 538: The Fourth

That beautiful sound you hear right now is not the crash bang and boom of the rockets. And the pleasant sight you see is not their red glare. But rather the dulcet tones of another CaffiNation Podcast,...

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CaffiNation 539: Barometer

Just sit right back you’ll hear a tale. A tale of a fateful trip, down memory lane and internet fame to a dulcet-toned quest. We have right here upon this show some wonderful geeky news, about...

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CaffiNation 540: Under the Hood

Spent a decent amount of time under the hood of the website trying to get all the bits and bobs working correctly. Please continue to let me know if everything is working correctly or not.On today’s...

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Caffination 541: Greatest Hits

This show and website have been around for over ten years at this point. We have covered tons of different topics, but there have been a few that stand out. From zombies to techy jokes we have found a...

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Coffee Doodles: Death before Decaf

Sometimes the simplest phrases are the hardest to design for. I’ve had this concept floating around in my mind for a couple of years, the angular skull with the glowing eyes. but to truly embrace the...

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Coffee Sunglasses by Ochis

Here in the Northern Hemisphere, it is summertime and the hot glare of our solar benefactor is blazing down upon us all something fierce. Why not look cool and cool off with some shades? How cool would...

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Too Hot Coffee Problems

A cup of hot coffee is one of the simple joys in life wherein you don’t need to be rich to experience richness. Full bodied rich nectar of life itself flows from ground beans into us all, giving us...

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CaffiNation 543: Super Fakery

What do we cover? What can you expect out of the CaffiNation podcast? Well, tonight I’m going to explain a little about what that is and how we do. On tonight’s episode, we have tasty vittles and...

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CaffiNation 545: Rebuild and Reset

Why was there no show last week? What are we doing about the world around us? How many questions can I fit into a single paragraph? Is anyone even listening?  The answers my friends are blowing in the...

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Caffination: 547 – Purple Cheese and the Trash Panda

On tonight’s episode we have a lovely array of fine flavored news and oddball commentary as per usual. What could be better than talking about cheese, baseball, and that perfect home away from home,...

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CaffiNation 552: Spooky Eats

One of the challenges of the Halloween episodes are finding new and exciting stories, making sure that the content is always steaming and fresh. So what better way to do that then a spooky show filled...

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CaffiNation 553: Death of a legend

This started out as a very different show. And then a Legend passed away. Stan “The Man” Lee, co-father of the Marvel universe died at the age of 95 this past Monday. I tried to do honor to the man in...

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Vacuum Brewing on the go with the Pipamoka

Brewing coffee on the go has never been easier than it is today. And with the wide variety of methods available out there, it takes a special something to come out to make me want to buy in. Enter the...

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Stircle a new sustainable way to stir your beverages

Drinking and preparing coffee isn’t always the most sustainable pastime. From K-cups to single-use cups for take-out beverages, there is a lot of waste in the coffee world. One designer Scott Amron...

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What is Single Origin Coffee?

A lot of terms are thrown out in the coffee world. But this has to be one of the simplest. When asking what is single-origin coffee the answer is in the name. At a very basic level, it means the coffee...

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The rituals of coffee

Coffee is more than just a morning pick-me-up; it’s a ritual. For many people, the act of making and drinking coffee is an important part of their daily routine. From grinding the beans to sipping the...

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Coffee travels: OBX. Treehouse cafe and coffee

Getting coffee on vacation is always an adventure and frankly trying out new and exciting coffee houses is my favorite part of any trip. I like to try both and espresso and a cold brew. My wife who...

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Coffee travels: OBX Outer Bean Cafe

Traveling in the outer banks had lots of fun coffee places to try. The Outer Bean was a great stop on our trip. This cafe is right on route 12, the main thoroughfare. We didn’t go into the cafe but...

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Coffee travels: Bethlehem PA Travelin Tom’s Coffee truck

I love traveling with my family and being the coffee lover I am they know what to expect when we see a coffee shop. We are stopping and sampling. I recently visited the Christkindlemarkt in Bethlehem...

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Rising Cock coffee review

I was recently gifted a bag of the funnily name Rising Cock coffee. The flavor that I had was the Caffeine Climax. The coffee is advertised as highly caffeinated. But how does it taste? Inspecting the...

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Coffee travels: Jenkintown Pa: White Horse Coffee & Creamery

Driving around with my wife, I love when we spot a cafe and have a moment to stop. We drove by the White Horse Coffee and Creamery in Jenkintown Pa recently. It was earlier in the morning so we didn’t...

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Coffee review : Peet’s Coffee Big Bang

Running through the options available in the grocery store lately. I only buy whole bean coffee so I’m always looking for good value. This week we have Peet’s Coffee, big bang medium roast. It was on...

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